{"slug": "pytorch-conference-north-america-announces-2026-keynotes", "title": "PyTorch Conference North America Announces 2026 Keynotes", "summary": "PyTorch Conference North America 2026 will be held in San Jose, California, on October 20–21, 2026, with keynote speakers including Mark Collier, Executive Director of the PyTorch Foundation; Mazin Gilbert, Executive Director of the Agentic AI Foundation; Edward Yang and Alban Desmaison, Research Engineers at Meta; Simon Mo, Co-Founder & CEO of Inferact; Bill Jia, VP of Engineering, Core ML/AI at Google Cloud; Brian Stevens, SVP & AI CTO at Red Hat; Ujval Kapasi, VP of AI & HPC Frameworks & Libraries at NVIDIA; Joelle Pineau, Chief AI Officer at Cohere; Mark Saroufim, Co-founder of Core Automation; and Sara Hooker, CEO & Co-Founder of Adaption. The PyTorch Foundation is accepting flare pin design submissions through August 14, 2026, with the winner receiving a complimentary ticket to the conference.", "body_md": "PyTorch Conference North America will be held in San Jose, California, on October 20–21, 2026.\n\nFeatured PyTorchCon NA 2026 [keynote speakers](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/program/keynote-speakers/) include:\n\n[Mark Collier](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=mark-collier), Executive Director, PyTorch Foundation[Mazin Gilbert](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=mazin-gilbert), Executive Director, Agentic AI Foundation[Edward Yang](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=edward-yang), Research Engineer, Meta[Alban Desmaison](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=alban-desmaison), Research Engineer, Meta[Simon Mo](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=simon-mo), Co-Founder & CEO, Inferact[Bill Jia](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=bill-jia), VP of Engineering, Core ML/AI, Google Cloud[Brian Stevens](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=brian-stevens), SVP & AI CTO, Red Hat[Ujval Kapasi](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=ujval-kapasi), VP, AI & HPC Frameworks & Libraries, NVIDIA[Joelle Pineau](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=joelle-pineau), Chief AI Officer, Cohere[Mark Saroufim](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=mark-saroufim), Co-founder, Core Automation[Sara Hooker](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=sara-hooker), CEO & Co-Founder, Adaption\n\nThe two-day conference will include technical sessions and community collaboration across the PyTorch ecosystem.\n\n## Submit a Flare Pin Design by August 14\n\nPyTorch Foundation is accepting original designs for the 2026 PyTorch Foundation flare pin through August 14, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT.\n\nThe winning entrant will receive one complimentary ticket to PyTorch Conference North America. PyTorch Foundation will produce the winning design as a 1-inch die-cut soft enamel pin for the conference.\n\nShare your design on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, or Bluesky using #PyTorchPin and #PyTorchCon.\n\n[Review the contest requirements and submit a design](https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch-foundation-flare-pin-community-design-contest/)\n\n## Become a Sponsor\n\nPyTorch Conference North America brings together 3,000+ members of the open source AI ecosystem.\n\nCompanies interested in visibility with the engineers and technical leaders building the next generation of AI infrastructure and applications can review the available sponsorship opportunities.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pytorch-conference-north-america-announces-2026-keynotes", "canonical_source": "https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch-conference-north-america-announces-2026-keynotes/", "published_at": "2026-08-06 18:37:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-09 13:52:29.883714+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["PyTorch Conference North America", "PyTorch Foundation", "Mark Collier", "Mazin Gilbert", "Edward Yang", "Alban Desmaison", "Simon Mo", "Bill Jia"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pytorch-conference-north-america-announces-2026-keynotes", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pytorch-conference-north-america-announces-2026-keynotes.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pytorch-conference-north-america-announces-2026-keynotes.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pytorch-conference-north-america-announces-2026-keynotes.jsonld"}}